Continuing from the above, it was mentioned that Li Shimin ordered the Baibi army to welcome the New Year, and the spies of Changchun Palace once again received instructions from the crown prince Li Jiancheng, intending to wait for an opportunity to rebel against the generals stationed in Changchun Palace.

Since the end of the Baibi school competition, the entire Baibi garrison suddenly entered a state of jubilation, for no other reason than the New Year.

In view of the imminent arrival of the New Year, Li Shimin arranged for the entire army to start preparing corresponding supplies on the one hand, and on the other hand, in order to avoid being harassed by various forces during this period, especially Song Jingang from Huzhou, Li Shimin sent a large number of exploration horses to continuously expand the scope of exploration.

However, with the news sent back by Tanma, the enthusiasm of Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng to welcome the New Year was suddenly reduced, because the Yong'an Wang Xiaoji who was ordered by Li Yuan to go to conquer Song Jingang a few days ago was captured due to strategic mistakes, who knows that Li Xiaoji has been planning to get out of prison during this time.

However, God did not fulfill people's wishes, Li Xiaoji was found and arrested in the process of escaping from prison, and was sentenced to death by Liu Wuzhou.

Li Xiaoji is the grandson of Li Hu, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the second son of Li Zhang, the assassin of Liangzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the official name of the sibling brother in the family is not obvious, but this person has a very famous cousin --- Li Yuan, after learning the news of Li Xiaoji's death, Li Yuan was annoyed by this, and he sent Li Xiaoji to recruit troops because of this.

On the second day, two pieces of news came out of the palace: first, the dynasty was temporarily abolished for three days from now on, in order to show comfort to the king of Yong'an; second, Li Shimin, the king of Baibi Qin, and Chu Mofeng, the prince of Qi, were ordered to send troops to recruit and suppress the Song Jingang Department in Huzhou after the New Year.

When Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng received the news, it was already ten days before the New Year, and the two of them were sitting around the desk at the moment, making a pot of light tea, only to see Li Shimin frowning and looking at the letterhead in front of him.

The letterhead was privately handed over to him after Li Yuan sent someone to deliver the message, and after a hasty browsing, Li Shimin didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only call Chu Mofeng over, and the two of them would take a closer look at it together.

I saw Chu Mofeng stretch out two fingers and lightly pick up the letterhead in front of him, and after reading it roughly, he lit the candle and threw it into the brazier placed on the ground, Li Shimin saw this and hurriedly got up to pick it up, only to hear Chu Mofeng say slowly: "Don't pick it up, I generally know what Your Majesty means, but you have to know a problem, it is really not easy to recover a corpse in this hurry." ”

"Hey, there's no way, who let that be a royal family member!" Li Shimin sighed, took the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Chu Mofeng and pushed it in front of him, and then poured a cup to himself and said slowly: "If this can't be found, I really don't know how to explain it to my father." ”

Raised the teacup to his nose and sniffed it, Chu Mofeng put the teacup down again, and said with a smile: "This is about to be the third year of Wude, why haven't you finished drinking the tea in the past two years?"

Seeing Chu Mofeng's cynical appearance, Li Shimin shook his head, thinking to himself why this young master still looked calm and relaxed, I really don't know what he thinks, and then said with a little reproach: "At this time, how can I have the heart to care about whether it is old tea or new tea? If this matter is not resolved well, I am afraid that my father will condemn you and me." ”

Chu Mofeng stood up, slowly walked to the door with a teacup, opened the door with his hand, and suddenly a cold air hit him, and the temperature in the house dropped instantly, Li Shimin raised his eyes and saw a silver-covered scene outside the door.

There was still heavy snow outside the door at the moment, and the snowflakes seemed to be falling like five-baht coins one by one, instantly enveloping the streets, houses, flowers and trees, looking at the scene outside the door, Chu Mofeng took a long breath, and the cold began to rage along his nose in an instant, only to see Chu Mofeng said slowly: " I'll give you two solutions, you can use whichever you want, to be honest, our mission is not to find the body of a dead person for Your Majesty, but to exterminate Liu Wuzhou and regain the lost territory, in fact, even if you can't find it in the end, I don't think the old man will blame you and me. ”

Hearing that Chu Mofeng had a way, Li Shimin put down the teacup in his hand and stepped forward, and said with an excited face: "You say, I'll see which one is feasible and then make a decision." ”

"First, let's start attacking after the New Year, and then look for each gram and one place; second, after the New Year, I flew a pigeon to pass a message in the direction of the capital, and asked Feiyan to sneak into the area of Huzhou with the team members to secretly search, waiting for an opportunity to see if we can rescue General Liu Hongji and them. ”

Since he was able to rescue Liu Hongji and the others by the way, Li Shimin said to Chu Mofeng without thinking about it: "Then this time it's better to trouble the other side of the flower team to take action, and I will leave this matter to you." ”

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, he saw Chu Mofeng turn around and smile slyly, and suddenly a bad premonition welled up in his heart, and he only heard Chu Mofeng say word by word: "It's okay, since His Royal Highness the King of Qin has been entrusted, then the other side of the flower should do his best to do this well, this time for your father's sake, I will charge you less, and it will be five thousand taels of gold." I don't know what His Royal Highness King Qin thinks?"

Originally, when he heard that Chu Mofeng was going to help, Li Shimin was very excited, and listened carefully to Chu Mofeng's words with gratitude, who knew that at the end, he suddenly felt like he had eaten something filthy, and reached out and clenched his fist to Chu Mofeng's chest and punched him hard and said, "You guy, have you lost your money? Since we settled in Chang'an, when did you ask your team to go out and ask for money? Why do you have to be so careful this time?"

Looking at Li Shimin's angry look, Chu Mofeng sighed and said: "If you don't say that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is kind-hearted, the team did not collect money when they went out on a mission before, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the King of Qin to mention, the prince would have forgotten, then this time he will collect it together, burn grain and grass, carry out assassination, and this time he will find the corpse and save people, five thousand taels is not much." ”

After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin was about to continue arguing with him, when he saw a personal soldier walking outside the door, and he saluted the two of them and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Grandpa Guo, a convoy came from outside the city, saying that it was ordered by Grandpa Guo to come to transport supplies to the army. ”

Hearing that a convoy was coming, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Chu Mofeng, and said with a surprised expression: "When did you come with a whole convoy again?

I saw Chu Mofeng give Li Shimin a roll of his eyes and said: "I said His Royal Highness King Qin, seeing that the New Year is coming, you won't be ready to celebrate the New Year with gruel for the army in the city, right?" After speaking, he said to the pro-soldier: "Wait for your lord and His Royal Highness the King of Qin to go and put the convoy in, and then you quickly go to the barracks to find some soldiers to unload the truck, and tell them that the supplies for the New Year have arrived." ”

After speaking, he turned to Li Shimin and said, "Let's go, go and see what these guys have sent me." Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, waved his hand and signaled his soldiers to go according to Chu Mofeng's instructions, and he and Chu Mofeng went out of the gate and turned over their horses, and walked towards the west gate of Baibi City.

At the west gate of Baibi City, a convoy of about a dozen carriages without any merchant flags was quietly parked outside the city gate, and in front of it was a group of soldiers who were waiting for battle, holding spears and looking at the convoy coldly.

The convoy was accompanied by about 200 Tiance troops, and the leader of the convoy cautiously said to Zhao Xin, who was standing on horseback: "General Zhao, why don't these people let the villains wait to enter the city, you must know that if the big shopkeeper is delayed, the villains can't afford it." ”

I saw Zhao Xin smile and said: "Don't be impatient, you have sent someone to invite Grandpa Guo to come, please wait for a while, and after entering the city, Zhao will definitely set up a drink for you to warm up." ”

The team leader saluted Zhao Xin, and praised him again and again, thinking that he was fortunate to have met these people today, otherwise if he really encountered a robbing bandit, it is estimated that his life would have to be explained here.

Thinking of this, the team leader couldn't help but think of the situation before arriving at Baibi City today, early in the morning, a convoy from Chang'an slowly walked on the official road leading to Baibi City, due to the heavy snow for several days, and the convoy transported a large number of materials this time, so the team leader instructed the carriages to move slowly.

I remembered that before I set off from the capital, my shopkeeper said to myself: "This batch of goods is hand-picked by the big shopkeeper, and this trip must be delivered in time. ”

It is said that the thieves from Baibi to Huzhou, Lu Chongmao, came out to loot from time to time, and thinking of this, the leader of the team said with palpitations: "What should the shopkeeper do if he encounters a thief?"

"It doesn't matter, this time each carriage will be equipped with a good hand for you, and the big shopkeeper has explained, there will be officials and troops and Jianghu forces secretly protecting along the way, so you can move forward with confidence. I saw the shopkeeper wave his hand and hurriedly said the explanation of the big shopkeeper.

Knowing that someone was secretly protecting, the leader's heart suddenly relaxed, and then the convoy set off slowly from the capital, at first due to the good condition of the official road, coupled with the sunny days for several days, the convoy always accelerated, and after stepping on the ice and crossing the Yellow River eastward, the convoy gradually slowed down.

On this day, the convoy is about to arrive in Baibi City, looking at the Baibi City looming in the heavy snow not far ahead, the leader of the team immediately breathed a sigh of relief, this way is a thrilling coming, at this time the leader stood on the carriage and shouted to everyone: "Gentlemen, work harder, and when you arrive in the city, please drink in the next place." ”

When everyone heard that there was wine, they immediately laughed, and at this moment, the ground suddenly began to tremble, and the snow on the trees on both sides of the road also fell to the ground with this inexplicable tremor. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone pulled out the weapons hidden under the car, and carefully guarded, at this time, the trembling feeling became more and more intense, the leader clenched the long knife in his hand, and his eyes were locked on the front, as if a horse team was approaching at full speed ahead.

When I thought that it was a horse team, I first excluded Lu Chongmao's team, because Lu Chongmao's team was composed of bandits and homeless people, just like Zhen Zhai'er back then, all of them were infantry, and there were very few cavalry;

These people will take advantage of the heavy snow to wreak havoc, and the Tang army will come out to loot when the heavy snow is raging and the Tang army is negligent in taking precautions, and the thought that he may be here today, the leader of the team can't help but be a little irritable, so he has to hold the long knife in his hand tightly to give himself some courage.

I saw that about 200 cavalry suddenly rushed in front, and the people on the horses were all black-clothed and black-armored, and even the horses under the crotch were covered with armor in the vital parts.

Looking at the murderous cavalry in front of him, the leader couldn't help but swallow his saliva, stepped forward with a little calmness and asked, "Dare to ask which force is in front of you, and what is the reason for stopping our convoy?"

I saw that the cavalry on the opposite side slowly rode forward, and everyone raised their swords at each other when they saw it, for fear that this person would suddenly burst out and hurt people, only to see this person glance at the convoy and whisper: "Don't panic, you don't have to panic, we are on the order of Chu Mofeng, the Duke of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, to meet the convoy from Chang'an, I don't know if it's you?"

When he heard that he was here to pick up the car and not to rob, the team leader immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but still asked vigilantly: "There is no basis for your words, how can we believe that you are not here to rob?"

I saw that the person who had just asked the question took out a jade plaque from his bosom and said to the people in the convoy: "This is a token given to me by our grandfather, saying that it only needs to be shown to the people in the convoy." ”

Seeing this, the leader slowly stepped forward, only to see the name of the family printed on the jade plate, and immediately saluted the knight on the horse and said: "This jade plate is a token of the contempt business, just because I am afraid that the materials will be robbed all the way, I have to act carefully, so I hope the general will forgive me for offending." ”

Immediately, the knight waved his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's better to be careful when you go out in troubled times, Zhao Xin, the leader of the Tiance Army's Heavenly Killing Battalion under the command of the Duke of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, I hope you will go forward with us." ”

The team leader originally thought it was a person from the rivers and lakes, but who knew that it was a Tang soldier, and suddenly relaxed his mind and said: "Then there is General Lao Zhao, please ask General Zhao to lead the way." After speaking, he turned to the convoy behind him and said, "Take all the guys, this is the big shopkeeper sent to pick us up, just follow the military masters into the city." ”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly put their weapons back under the car, and then drove the carriage to the gate of Baibi City with the head car in front of them.

At this moment, at the west gate of Baibi City, as soon as the leader's words fell, he saw Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin coming together, and the soldiers defending the city saw the two coming, and hurriedly saluted the two and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Grandpa Guo, these convoys said that they came to transport supplies on your orders, although General Zhao of the Heavenly Killing Battalion accompanied them, but for the sake of safety, the subordinates had no choice but to send someone to invite the two of you, and hoped that His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the Grandpa of the Kingdom would forgive their sins." ”

I saw Li Shimin patting this person's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, not only are you not guilty, but this king will reward you. ”

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, the soldier was about to kneel down to thank him, but Chu Mofeng on the side took out two hangings of money from his arms and threw them to him, and then said to Li Shimin: "You let him find them to receive it from Lord Chengshoulang, it is better to reward him on the spot, so as not to have any complications." ”

After speaking, he said to the soldier: "Take it, this is the reward given to you by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and the prince of this country will pay for him for the time being, just do things seriously." After speaking, he pulled Li Shimin forward and said: "Look at these things this time, these things should be able to make the soldiers have a good year." ”

I saw Zhao Xin slowly stepping forward and said to Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Grandpa Guo, and his subordinates received the convoy as promised, and no one in the whole team was lost. ”

Li Shimin nodded and didn't speak, only heard Chu Mofeng say with a smile: "You have worked hard this time, return to the station first, and then come out to help unload the car when the convoy arrives at the camp later." ”

When everyone heard this, they saluted the two in unison, turned their horses' heads and ran in the direction of the camp.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng walked in front of the convoy leader and said with a smile: "You have come from afar and it is very hard, and I ask you to drive the carriage to the camp, and after the soldiers unload the supplies, the official will personally set up wine in the north of the city to reward you." ”

Because when Chu Mofeng came to the main store of the firm before, the team leader had a relationship with him, so as soon as Chu Mofeng opened his mouth, he recognized that the person in front of him was the big shopkeeper of the business, and then the team leader nodded at Chu Mofeng and said, "In this case, I will go to the camp with Grandpa Guo." ”

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng nodded and said to the team leader, "Then you can just go with your father." After speaking, he turned his head to greet Li Shimin and said, "Let's go, His Royal Highness King Qin, let's go to the camp together." ”

Li Shimin nodded, followed Chu Mofeng and led the convoy towards the direction of the camp, as soon as he entered the gate of the camp, a soldier had already stepped forward to lead the convoy to the warehouse responsible for storing the materials, and then the grain officer in charge of managing logistics was waiting here with the account book.

As truckloads of materials were moved into the warehouse, listening to the grain officials reporting their names one by one, Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Chu Mofeng with gratitude and said, "You kid, I really don't know what to say, this total of fifteen truckloads of supplies is estimated to be a lot of money, right? ”

Chu Mofeng on the side glanced at Li Shimin angrily and said: "Do you think I am such a stingy person? These fifteen carts of materials were given away for free, as for the five thousand taels of gold, I didn't use them for my own use, and the families of the soldiers who died in the war were not enough to rely on the one-time pension of the imperial court. Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and even the medicines supplied to the army every year, these are all costly, and all this money can't be taken out of the treasury by the imperial court, right?"

At this time, Li Shimin understood Chu Mofeng's intentions, thinking that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the person in front of him has indeed silently contributed a lot behind his back, but he doesn't know many things, thinking of this, Li Shimin nodded and said: "After the gift money received by Chengqian during the full moon goes back, I will let the mansion calculate it, and if it is not enough, I will let the eldest grandson's family find a way." ”

While the two were chatting, they saw the grain officer step forward and salute the two and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin, Grandpa Guo, according to the estimation of his subordinates, this batch of materials is worth about 50,000 yuan, and there is no shortage of a large number of medicinal materials and arrows and other ordnance, so my subordinates implore the two of you to send more people to take care of your subordinates." ”

When Li Shimin heard the 50,000 yuan, he was taken aback, and quickly nodded and said, "It's accurate, just go to General Qin Qiong to ask for someone later." After speaking, he turned his head to look at Chu Mofeng, and said with a slight tremor in his tone: "Fifty thousand, you are crazy, no matter how thick your family is, you can't toss like this." ”

"What are you afraid of? To be honest, I can send such a convoy as it is. I saw Chu Mofeng whispering in Li Shimin's ear: "This is the filial piety of the Song family in Lingnan, in order to thank me for keeping their family's business on the Silk Road all the year round." ”

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly realized, thinking that how could this kid be so rich, it turned out to be the filial piety of the Song family in Lingnan, but he didn't know that Chu Mofeng didn't want Li Shimin to know his relationship with the Song family at this time, so he had to talk nonsense.

After the materials on the carriage were unloaded, Chu Mofeng really set up two tables of banquets in the tavern in the city, and instructed the four leaders of Tiance to accompany him, and he drank drunk with the people of Wencheng Firm, and in the early morning of the second day, everyone in the convoy said goodbye to Chu Mofeng and slowly drove towards Chang'an.

Time soon came to the day of the New Year, today's Baibi City changed the scene of the war in the past, the whole city was immersed in a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere, the battalions in the camp were already full of wine and food, the soldiers of the battalions had already drunk at the moment, and they couldn't stop praising His Royal Highness King Qin and the Duke of Qi during the banquet.

In the garrison of the Tiance Army, each battalion ate wine in the camp tent, and Zhao Xin, Qian Jin, Sun Xian and Li Jian gathered in Zhao Xin's room, with a few jars of wine and some food in front of them. After speaking, he slowly poured the wine in the cup on the ground, and the other three people also poured the wine in the cup on the ground when they saw this.

Then Zhao Xin filled the other three people, and said softly: "Everyone, we can have today, all thanks to the grandfather of the country spared no effort to train back then, now we are alive to eat and dress warmly, pay on time, and pay on time when we die, and pay for the family after death, all of this is given to us by the grandfather of the country, this second glass of wine, we respect the grandfather of the country." After speaking, he stood up in the direction of Chu Mofeng's temporary residence in the city and raised his wine glass.

At this time, Chu Mofeng, who was drinking with the generals in the city, was coping back and forth, thinking about the plan to go on the expedition after the year, and after the banquet, everyone present was drunk and returned to their respective residences with the support of their own soldiers. Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin were sitting in the study, discussing the plan for the expedition after the year.

Although there was no war in the area from Huzhou to Baibi, at the beginning of the new year, the fighting in the opposite direction was in full swing. At the beginning of the first month, the Tang general Qin Wutong counterattacked Wang Xingben in Pu.

Wang Xingben, who learned the news, slandered Datang for not letting people celebrate the New Year, and on the other hand, he hurriedly went out to meet the battle, but this time Datang came with momentum, and Wang Xingben was caught off guard and lost the battle, plus the grain and grass had no backup, and Wang Xingben was disheartened and planned to break through and escape, but there was no one to follow. Then on the 14th of Wuyin, he opened the city gate and surrendered out of the city.

As soon as the Shangyuan Festival passed, Li Yuan led his troops to Puzhou on the 17th of Xinsi, and learned that Wang Xingben was captured, so he ordered Wang Xingben to be killed. Later, he sent someone to report the situation to Puzhou, King Li Shimin, to Puzhou.

Li Shimin, who received the news, then led his own soldiers and some cavalry to Puzhou lightly, who knew that the news of Li Yuan's visit to Puzhou spread for some reason, and Song Jingang, who had already been unable to hold back, sent troops from Huzhou and surrounded Jiangzhou in an instant. originally thought that Song Jingang would take advantage of the situation to capture Jiangzhou, but who knew that Song Jingang's headquarters put on a siege posture to besiege the city without fighting, which made Chu Mofeng, who was in Baibi, inevitably a little puzzled.

It was night Chu Mofeng stood in his study, looked at the battle map on the wall and speculated for a long time, so he shouted that it was not good, and hurriedly rode his horse towards the station of the Tiance army in the camp......

The art of war is cloudy: Ming Xiu plank road darkness Chen Cang, and look at Chu Mofeng's plan to surround Wei to save Zhao, want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......